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DishwashersCutlery facing upCutlery facing downOh look at Mr Fancypants there with his dishwasherEDIT: Cutlery sideways because I'm even...

Dishwashers

Cutlery facing up
Cutlery facing down
Oh look at Mr Fancypants there with his dishwasher
EDIT: Cutlery sideways because I'm even fancier!

@KayLousberg I think he looks quite at home in my lofi procedural hex world. Excellent assets! I love them!

@KayLousberg I think he looks quite at home in my lofi procedural hex world. Excellent assets! I love them!

There we go. 300 hex chunks. 250,000 trees. 1000 draw calls. 100 FPS. All the trees vary in size and shade, and sway in the wind based on...

There we go. 300 hex chunks. 250,000 trees. 1000 draw calls. 100 FPS. All the trees vary in size and shade, and sway in the wind based on position. I love GPU instancing!

The draw calls are higher than you'd expect because each chunk handles its own instancing, but this is acceptable as I'm never going to load anywhere near this many chunks at once.

#UnrealEngine #UE5 #ProcGen #GameDev

I've been fixing a few issues that have been on my todo list before moving on with actual gameplay. I wanted to get the trees GPU...

I've been fixing a few issues that have been on my todo list before moving on with actual gameplay. I wanted to get the trees GPU instanced so reimplemented the tree swaying as a shader. I love the silliness you get mid implementation! 😂

#UnrealEngine #UE5 #ProcGen #GameDev

I have finally got to the point where I can take my infinite hex terrain tech and move it towards the game idea I have. I've blown up...

I have finally got to the point where I can take my infinite hex terrain tech and move it towards the game idea I have. I've blown up the size of the chunks and each chunk has subhexes that can be used to spawn entities. Including trees... lots and lots of trees (the tree Perlin noise check has been disabled while I test the subhexes).

#GameDev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #ProcGen

The only soundtrack you need when you have deadlines.https://open.spotify.com/track/0fFf9BjLYBuMSdOOJXF1Fu

The only soundtrack you need when you have deadlines.

https://open.spotify.com/track/0fFf9BjLYBuMSdOOJXF1Fu

Got to love #UnrealEngine's choice in Y+/Y- directions...

Got to love #UnrealEngine's choice in Y+/Y- directions...

This is my late #Introduction.Hi, my name is James and I’m a #GameDev based in Bristol, UK. Video games have always been part of my life...

This is my late #Introduction.

Hi, my name is James and I’m a #GameDev based in Bristol, UK. Video games have always been part of my life and at this point I’m part of the old guard.

I’m not happy unless I’m working on a game project. I love #ProcGen and have an unhealthy obsession with hexagons (hexagons are the bestagons). Fluent in both #Unity and #UnrealEngine. I’ve also made a lot of my own tech over the years.

At the moment I’m working on a cozy hex-based infinite #ProcGen game in #UE5.

I've got this really nice light wind loop going on now. The tree sway step is synchronised for all trees regardless of time of creation,...

I've got this really nice light wind loop going on now. The tree sway step is synchronised for all trees regardless of time of creation, but I've slightly offset it based on world X position to make it look like the breeze travels across the screen. There's also a minor variation in sway amount. What do you all think?

#GameDev #UE5 #UnrealEngine #ProcGen

Trees have been successfully attached to the ground. Now working on some windy tree swaying. Yea, I'm having way too much fun with this...

Trees have been successfully attached to the ground. Now working on some windy tree swaying.

Yea, I'm having way too much fun with this 😂

#GameDev #UE5 #UnrealEngine

I now have resource nodes (trees and rocks) spawning with the chunks. All looks perfectly normal, right? Cool. Task complete.#GameDev...

I now have resource nodes (trees and rocks) spawning with the chunks. All looks perfectly normal, right? Cool. Task complete.

#GameDev #ProcGen #UnrealEngine #UE5

What's your go to term when you roll out of bed and straight into #GameDev ?Pajama ProgrammingDuvet DevelopmentCozy Coding

What's your go to term when you roll out of bed and straight into #GameDev ?

Pajama Programming
Duvet Development
Cozy Coding

That feeling when you know the only way forward is to refactor your code, but then it snowballs and you're up to your neck in broken...

That feeling when you know the only way forward is to refactor your code, but then it snowballs and you're up to your neck in broken code desperately trying to get to the light at the end of the tunnel while constantly thinking "Is this right?"

Makes me grateful for git branches... Although... *right-click -> delete branch?* 😅

#GameDev

Finally found some time to work on my personal project and have been putting rocks into the chunk generation only for some of them to appear...

Finally found some time to work on my personal project and have been putting rocks into the chunk generation only for some of them to appear like they've fallen over or even spawned completely upside down.

Please note there is zero code in there for any kind of rotation. I eventually want variation but I'm not there yet. Very bizarre!

#GameDev #ProcGen #UnrealEngine

I have been experimenting with a shader that can draw the lines for both tri and quad edges (a sort of pseudo-wireframe shader) for my trees...

I have been experimenting with a shader that can draw the lines for both tri and quad edges (a sort of pseudo-wireframe shader) for my trees and other static meshes. Seems to be working decently enough. I'm embarrassed how long it took me to create that tree in Blender. I have no idea how 3D artists are able to put up with that terrible UX 😅

#GameDev #ProcGen #UnrealEngine

Hex terrain runtime chunk loading is now in and working well. Still not optimised yet but at this terrain resolution its not even breaking a...

Hex terrain runtime chunk loading is now in and working well. Still not optimised yet but at this terrain resolution its not even breaking a sweat which is nice. Everything coded in C++ for the raw power. Eventually I'll thread the mesh generation. I think it'll be needed once I start layering the noise to make more realistic terrain.

#UnrealEngine #ProcGen #GameDev

@dergell I see you are a lover of hexagons as well. Thanks for the boost ❤️

@dergell I see you are a lover of hexagons as well. Thanks for the boost ❤️

My hex terrain system now takes world coordinates into account when generating height data. I didn't need to make it work in real-time...

My hex terrain system now takes world coordinates into account when generating height data. I didn't need to make it work in real-time but it looks cool and is fun to play with :)

I had the same behaviour working in #Unity but it runs so much faster in #UnrealEngine and it isn't even optimised yet!

#GameDev

My procedural hex terrain system is coming along nicely in Unreal. Still a while to go before I'm back at where I was with Unity but I...

My procedural hex terrain system is coming along nicely in Unreal. Still a while to go before I'm back at where I was with Unity but I definitely feel like things are much faster written in C++.

More to come: chunk generation, player character, animation, trees, rocks, harvesting, screaming into the void...

#gamedev #indiedev #unreal

Why is it when I learn any new tech I immediately jump in at the deep end and proceed to trip over every single hurdle and nuance it has to...

Why is it when I learn any new tech I immediately jump in at the deep end and proceed to trip over every single hurdle and nuance it has to offer. I spend more time with my face down in the dirt than making any kind of actual progress. This time I'm looking at you #Unreal :P

#gamedev #indiedev